About The Word Factory
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Factory
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What's The Definition Of Factory?
[n] a plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing
Synonyms | Synonyms for Factory: manufactory | manufacturing plant | mill Related Terms | Find terms related to Factory: armory | arsenal | assembly line | assembly plant | atomic energy plant | bindery | boatyard | boilery | bookbindery | brewery | brickyard | cannery | creamery | dairy | defense plant | distillery | dockyard | factory belt | factory district | feeder plant | flour mill | industrial park | industrial zone | main plant | manufactory | manufacturing plant | manufacturing quarter | mill | mint | munitions plant | oil refinery | packing house | plant | pottery | power plant | production line | push-button plant | refinery | sawmill | shipyard | subassembly plant | sugar refinery | tannery | winery | works | yard | yards See Also | assembly line | assembly plant | auto factory | automobile factory | cannery | car factory | chemical plant | foundry | industrial plant | line | lumbermill | metalworks | paper mill | plant | production line | sawmill | shop floor | stamp mill | stamping mill | steel factory | steel mill | steel plant | steelworks | sweatshop | textile mill | works Factory In Webster's Dictionary \Fac"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Factories} (-r?z). [Cf. F.
factorerie.]
1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents,
reside, to transact business for their employers. ``The
Company's factory at Madras.'' --Burke.
2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a
British factory. --W. Guthrie.
3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to
the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are
employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a
manufactory; as, a cotton factory.
{Factory leg} (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with
partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young
children by working in factories.
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